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Safety Challenge Best-in-Class Laboratories Site Offices Headquarters Injury/Illness Rates Effectiveness Radiation Protection Office of Safety, Security and Infrastructure (SC-31) Environment, Safety & Health Division (SC-31.1) Infrastructure Division (SC-31.2) Safeguards and Security Division (SC-31.3) |
Management Commitment:"I want each and every employee of this department, whatever your job, to know that your personal safety and security is extremely important to me. As the leader of this department, I believe it is my moral and ethical responsibility to take this seriously, and I do. I also take it personally."- Dr. Samuel Bodman, Secretary, Department of Energy.
"The Office of Science has an uncompromising commitment to safety, integrity, and scientific excellence. To be world class in science we must be best in class in our safety performance. Therefore, we have set a 2007 safety goal that meets or exceeds the safety performance of the top ten percent of comparable industrial research and development companies."
Office of Science Safety GoalsIn 2003, the Office of Science (SC) asked each of its 10 national laboratories to rise to "Best in Class" status for safety in terms of industrial standards through the Department of Labor’s occupational injury/illness rate data for Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 873 businesses. The SIC code 873 are Research and Development (R&D) companies, and SC selected the category with a minimum of 1,000 employees. It was felt that "Best in Class" should initially place SC laboratories in the top quartile (top 25 percent) of these companies. This was to be achieved in FY 2005. SC considers "Best in Class" to be the top decile, as opposed to quartile; thus, SC laboratories are expected to reach the top 10 percent levels for occupational injury/illness rates of comparable R&D companies in FY 2007.These targets can be quantified in the two categories tracked by the Department of Labor: Total Reportable Case (TRC) rate, and the Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate. For the top quartile, the TRC rate would have to be less than 1.17 cases per 100 Full Time Equivalents (FTEs), while the DART rate would have to be less than 0.50 cases per 100 FTEs. The top decile would require, respectively, rates less than 0.65 and 0.25 per 100 FTEs. Results: Link to Injury/Illness Rate Charts |